“Two Little Kittens”
Description
"Two little kittens one stormy night Began to quarrel and then to fight. One had a mouse, the other had none...." The two start to fight; the woman sweeps them out into the snow. When finally allowed back in, they decide warmth is better than fighting
Supplemental text
Two Little Kittens
Partial text(s)
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From Helen Hartness Flanders & George Brown, Vermont Folk-Songs
& Ballads, pp. 184-185. Collected August 14, 1930 from Mrs. George
Tatro of Springfield, Vermont.
Two little kittens one stormy night
Began to quarrel and then to fight.
One had a mouse, the other had none,
And that is the way the row begun.
"I'll have that mouse," said the older cat.
"You won't have that mouse, I'll see about that."
"I will have that mouse," said the older one.
"You won't have that mouse," said the little one.
(3 additional stanzas, following the pattern of stanza 2)
References
- Flanders/Brown, pp. 184-185, "Two Little Kittens" (1 text, 1 tune)
- ST FlBr184 (Partial)
- Roud #5450
- BI, FlBr184